Medical Administrative Specialist

10-106-4 Associate Degree (two-year)
Offered at Ashland, New Richmond, Rice Lake, and Superior

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Are you looking for an office position in the healthcare field that gives you real-world experience? This program offers career-related classroom activities and on-the-job experience during a required externship. If you can follow instructions accurately and efficiently, keep records and prepare reports, express your ideas, and be outgoing and tactful with patients, then this degree will help you start a career that's right for you.

Detailed. Skillful. Customer Focused.

Successful graduates have certain characteristics and skills that help them succeed in the industry. In addition to effective human relations/communication skills and attentiveness to detail, you should strive to reach a comfort level in the following courses or skills:

• Keyboarding
• Computer Applications
• English/Grammar
• Accounting

Program Outcomes

Your employer will expect you, as a Medical Administrative Specialist graduate, to be able to:

• Perform medical administrative procedures including registration, reception, scheduling, and other general office management tasks
• Efficiently and accurately use computer application software and medical terminology to prepare, transcribe, and maintain medical documents
• Communicate professionally, maintaining confidentiality and high ethical standards
• Manage and maintain charts and financial records
• Prepare and process insurance claims using procedural and diagnostic coding

Program Costs

The estimated total program cost for the two-year Medical Administrative Specialist program is approximately $9,000. This program is eligible for financial aid. View more information on program and costs.